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The Moon on Friday, July 21, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on July 21, 1944Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 July 1944400,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 21, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
400,889 km249,101 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 28, 194409:24

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Friday, July 21, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1944 to the new moon of August 18, 1944, a cycle of 29.61 days.